[sinkspur]

You write as though defending the Faith with zeal is something I ought to purge from "my system" but "my system" is my Catholic life lived as a Christian militant which was an obligation and duty I willingly accepted when I was Confirmed.

And you direct your writings at me as if I can somehow influence O'Malley because I'm cutting him some slack.

Perhaps O'Malley is attempting to set a tone of reconciliation at the beginning of his tenure to heal the chasm caused by clerical sexual abuse.

[Land of the Irish]

...tone of reconciliation at the beginning of his tenure to heal...

New Age BS.

[As you well know...]

I don't think either of us can influence Bishop O'Malley and from what I can tell, he is a much better Christian than I can ever hope to be.

That having been said, I do think he had an opportunity to do great things. It is also true I am looking in from the outside and I could well be wrong and you could be right, but, I am waiting for one in Apostolic Sucession to cut loose and act as though he were Robert Duvall in "Gods and Generals" and act as though he was constitutionally (intended) incapable of compromising language in dealing with an enemy of objective morality.

I really ache to see such action. Don't you?

Maybe it is just me pining for the old ways....